29 March 2018
View of Chatsworth 1743 by Thomas Smith (of Derby) © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth.
Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees.
A village that once stood in the grounds of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire’s Peak District, before being moved to make way for the estate’s famous landscape designed by Capability Brown, is the inspiration for wealth management company Brewin Dolphin’s garden at this year’s RHS Chatsworth flower show.
Designed by multi-award winning designer Paul Hervey-Brookes, and built by craftsman local to the Derbyshire region, the garden will pay homage to the forgotten village, encouraging visitors to imagine the landscape as it was in the eighteenth century, before being replaced by the familiar hills, lakes and trees visible today. At its centre, a contemporary timber pavilion will represent the lost houses, whilst elsewhere, immersed amongst dense borders of colourful planting, a collection of cylindrical sculptures, some tall, some small, will represent the people of the region who have come and gone across the landscape over the years.
Paul Hervey-Brookes said: “My idea for The Brewin Dolphin Garden started to develop after a tour of Chatsworth House with the Duke of Devonshire. Standing on the roof looking across the magnificent grounds, his Grace pointed to an area where the footprint of a lost village could still be seen in dry weather. The idea of a void becoming a space and the question of how and when our heritage is preserved fascinated me. Designing the Brewin Dolphin Garden in the very place that the village once stood, has given me a unique opportunity to explore it further.”
The Brewin Dolphin Installation
Built by Gareth Wilson Landscapes from Glossop, the pavilion will echo the classic silhouette of a Tudor building with its familiar overhang, and will be clad in 12,000 individual split Chestnut laths – narrow strips of wood that would have been used to cover the interior walls of houses during the period, and a reference to the Sweet Chestnut trees that would have grown in the surrounding landscape.
Plants will also have an historic connection to the village and Chatsworth House, combining native plants that would have been common at the time, with decorative varieties that would have been introduced in later years. Herb expert Jekka McVicar will grow eight specialist varieties especially for the garden, all of which would have been used both as medicine and food by those living there at the time.
Key plants include Verbascum, Buxus and Reseda alongside Wild Angelia, Sanguisorba and Tanacetum. Three different trees will also feature, including two Copper Beach trees reflecting the trees in the surrounding parkland.
Rupert Tyler, National Director at Brewin Dolphin said: “We’re delighted to be back at RHS Chatsworth for a second year and to be working with Paul Hervey-Brookes whose talent for creating beautiful and captivating gardens made such a huge impression on everyone that visited the show last year. The concept behind the Brewin Dolphin Garden is fascinating and it’s particularly exciting to be creating something that has such a direct link to the region and to the Chatsworth Estate itself. Interestingly, the ‘lost’ vilIage dates back to the same moment in time that Brewin Dolphin was founded, in the 1700s, and the idea of taking values from the past and preserving them for the future perfectly reflects our own principles. I’m sure our clients and visitors to the show will be fascinated by the story and that they will enjoy seeing it bought to life in such a spectacular display.”
The Brewin Dolphin Garden at RHS Chatsworth marks a seven-year relationship with the RHS including five successful years at RHS Chelsea and its inaugural garden at RHS Chatsworth in 2017.
The wealth management company, which has offices in Nottingham, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Leicester (comprising a total of 29 UK offices nationwide) will once again be showing in the FreeForm category, where it won the People’s Choice Award last year.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
About Brewin Dolphin
Brewin Dolphin is a UK FTSE 250 provider of discretionary wealth management. With £41.5* billion in total funds, it offers award-winning personalised wealth management services that meet the varied needs of over 80,000 account holders including individuals, charities and corporates.
We give clients security and wellbeing by helping them to protect and grow their wealth, in order to enrich their lives by achieving their goals and aspirations. Our services range from bespoke, discretionary investment management to retirement planning and tax-efficient investing. Our focus on discretionary investment management has led to significant growth in client funds and we now manage £35.3* billion on a discretionary basis.
Our intermediary business manages over £10* billion of assets for over 1,000 advice firms either on a discretionary basis or via its Managed Portfolio Service.
In line with the premium we place on personal relationships, we’ve built a network of 29 offices across the UK, Jersey and Dublin, staffed by qualified investment managers and financial planners. We are committed to the most exacting standards of client service, with long-term thinking and absolute focus on our clients’ needs at the core. The value of investments and any income from them can fall, and clients may get back less than they invested.
*as of 31 December 2017
2016 was the fifth consecutive year that Brewin Dolphin sponsored a show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. In 2017 they embarked on a new venture supporting the Royal Horticultural Society at its first ever Flower Show to be held at Chatsworth House.
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About Paul Hervey-Brookes
Paul Hervey-Brookes is a multi-award-winning garden designer renowned for creating classically English landscapes and gardens with rich, multi-layered habitats. His plant-focused philosophy is rooted in his early training at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and subsequent garden experiences in the UK and abroad.
Paul’s ability to read landscapes and evoke intense feelings and emotions has won him acclaim across the board. He works on a diverse range of public landscapes and private gardens both in the UK and Internationally.
He has created show gardens for over 10 years most recently winning Gold, Best in Show and Best Construction for the IQ Garden at RHS Chatsworth in 2017. He has also won two gold, one silver-gilt and one silver medal at RHS Chelsea as well as three gold medals at RHS Hampton Court Palace.
Paul has also created show gardens on the International stage, most recently winning Gold at Philadelphia and the ‘Best Colour’ award at the new Japan Home & Garden Show. In 2014 he won Best in Show, Gold and Best planting at Gardening World Cup Japan. He has exhibited at the Ellerslie Flower Show in New Zealand and at the inaugural Lyon Salon, Scenes du Jardin in France.
Paul was awarded a Fellowship of the Institute of Quarrying in 2017 in recognition of his work to bring wider knowledge of the industry to the general public. He is the only person outside of the quarrying industry to receive this honour.